What is the sound of one hand?
Hakuin EkakuRead
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What is the sound of one hand?
Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.
No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.
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